“Venice Revealed”, the project conceived by the writer Alberto Toso Fei and the artist Elena Tagliapietra, returns to engage and entertain the public on the occasion of a significant event on the calendar of Venice, the 71st Venice International Film Festival.

The Lido of Venice, home to the world’s oldest film festival, will host the performance at the Blue Moon beach in collaboration with Venezia Spiagge.

This performance will explore themes surrounding the history of Venice’s Lido, such as how the island was almost uninhabited until the early twentieth century. Alberto Toso Fei will recount legends associated with the island, including the legend of the extraordinary love between a man and a siren, and other stories which inspired place-names around the island, for example, “Fondo dei sette morti”. The writer will also share an anecdote about a famous actor and his stay on the Lido in 1907 before he found worldwide fame. All related themes will include a simultaneous interpretation created through body painting by the artist Elena Tagliapietra and5 models who will also perform choreography by Federica De Pol with original music by Peter R. Carlos e Kater Nakai. Also on the occasion of this appointment is confirmed the collaboration of the musician Mattia Corso that will create the soundtrack for the official video of the event.

This performance follows A Thousand Roses in One, which took place at the Arsenal of Venice for the Feast of the Sensa. On that occasion, the rose from the land art performance A Rose for Venice was replicated with photos of the faces of all participants. A Rose for Venice, an inspiring human rose created in Piazza San Marco, was accomplished with the participation of 1,000 Venetian citizens on April 25th of this year.

This 2-year-old project has been realized through 7 performances in some of the most important locations in Venice linked to an ancient legend or a tradition of historical significance: the Pescheria di Rialto, Squero San Trovaso, Forte Marghera, the Italian Telecom Future Centre, Teatro la Fenice, and most recently, Piazza San Marco and the Arsenal of Venice.

The project “Venice Revealed” is produced in collaboration with Vela spa, and with the organizational support of 2erre Organizzazioni, and with the patronage of the Culture Department of the City of Venice. It will present, over the next 16 months, 4 more artistic and literary performances scheduled across the calendar on the most important holidays in Venice. The next event will be on Burano for the Regata, on September 21st.www.veneziarivelata.it